NARAL
Pro-Choice America Is “The Nation’s Leading Advocate For A Woman's Right To
Choose And Right To Privacy.” (“NARAL Pro-Choice America Pledges To Capture The Spirit Of
March For Womens Lives,” U.S. Newswire, 4/29/04)

NARAL Pro-Choice America Is “Stepping Up its Efforts To Turn The
[March For Women’s Lives]'s Passion Into Grassroots Action To Protect
Reproductive Freedom.”(“NARAL
Pro-Choice America Pledges To Capture The Spirit Of March For Womens Lives,”U.S.
Newswire, 4/29/04)

NARAL Strongly Advocates Unlimited Access To Abortion For
The Entire Nine Months Of Pregnancy For Women Of All Ages, Including Young
Girls, Without Parental Notification Or Consent.(NARAL Website,
www.naral.org,
Accessed 3/23/05)

NARAL Called
Anti-Catholic.As Dr. Bernard Nathanson, a former
abortionist writes in his book, The Hand Of God, “Our favorite tack
was to blame The Church for the death of every woman from a botched abortion.”Nathanson adds that NARAL founder Lawrence
Lader was an admirer of eugenicist-racist Margaret Sanger.
(“NARAL’s Roots Anti-Catholic,” Catalyst, 10/96) (emphasis added)

NARAL
Leadership:

NARAL’s Current President, Nancy Keenan, Served As A State Legislature And
State Superintendent Of Education For Montana And Was Almost Excommunicated
From The Catholic Church.(NARAL Website, www.naral.org,
Accessed 3/23/05)

Sally
Patterson, Chair Of NARAL Board Of Directors: Keenan Will “Lead The Charge
In The Battle For The Supreme Court.”(“NARAL
Pro-Choice America Announces Nancy Keenan As New President,” U.S.
Newswire, 11/19/04)

Keenan: “The Defeat Of This Amendment [An $100 Million
Amendment Pro-Choice Funding Initiative Proposed By Hillary Rodham Clinton
(D-NY) And Harry Reid (D-NV)] Defies Common Sense And Shows What Certain
Senators Will Do To Placate Their Hard-Line Anti-Choice Groups.” (NARAL,
“Senate
Rejects Birth Control And Other Proposals To Reduce The Need For Abortion,
Press Release,” 3/17/05)

Kate Michelman,
NARAL’s Past President, Said Her “‘Worst Nightmare’ Is That Bush Will Name Two
Or Three Justices Who Are Ideological Clones To Justices Antonin Scalia And
Clarence Thomas.”(Greg Gordon, “Winner Will
Make A Mark On The Bench,” Star Tribune,
9/27/04)

Michelman: “Antonin Scalia And Clarence
Thomas Are … ‘Two Of The Most Archconservative
Justices In The History Of The Supreme Court.’” (Greg
Gordon, “All Eyes On Aging Justices As Retirements Loom,” Sacramento
Bee, 9/27/04)

Michelman: President
Bush Is Doing “Everything In His Power To Restrict A Woman's Right To
Choose.” (Rich Lowrey, “Bundle Of Linguistic Confusion,” National
Review, 12/21/04)

NARAL Has Given
Over Fifteen Times More Money To Democrats Than Republicans.Since 1997, NARAL has given $1,566,234 to Democrats and $111,754 to
Republicans.During the 2004 cycle
alone, NARAL gave ninety-eight percent of its funds to Democrats and only two
percent to Republicans. (The Center For Responsive Politics Website,
www.opensecrets.org, Accessed
3/23/05)

NARAL ON JUDICIAL NOMINEES

NARAL’s Position On Prior Nominations:

NARAL Opposed
The Nomination Of William Rehnquist As Chief Justice Of The U.S. Supreme Court.Rehnquist was confirmed by a vote of 65-33. (NARAL
Congressional Votes On Abortion-1986”)

NARAL Opposed
Souter’s Nomination To The U.S. Supreme Court.“The pro-choice community is grateful to Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA)
for his courage and integrity on the Senate Judiciary Committee to oppose
Souter.On October 2, the Senate
confirmed Souter by a vote of 90-9.NARAL sincerely thanks Senator Kennedy and the eight other Senators who
opposed the confirmation . . . .” (“NARAL’s Congressional
Record On Abortion,” 1990)

NARAL Opposed
The Nomination Of Clarence Thomas.NARAL President Kate Michelman said Thomas
poses “an enormous threat to American women and families.” (J.
Craig Crawford, “Judgment Day For Thomas,” Orlando Sentinel, September
9, 1991)

NARAL Reserved
Its Opinion On Anthony Kennedy Nomination Until After He Answered Questions
Regarding His Position On Abortion. (Linda Greenhouse,
“Supreme Court Nominations,” The New York Times, 12/4/87)

NARAL Was
Hesitant To Endorse Stephen Breyer Nomination Prior To Questioning By The
Judiciary Committee Due To Undefined Views On Abortion Rights.NARAL Later Acknowledged That Breyer Would
Uphold Roe V. Wade And Therefore Supported Him. (“Hanging
In The Balance,” Charlotte Observer, 4/25/04)

NARAL’s
Position On Current Nominations:

After The
Republicans Won Control Of The Senate, NARAL Resorts To The Filibuster To Block
Nominations.“[NARAL’s]
focus will turn to the Senate floor, where the ‘blue slip’ process, filibusters,
and legislative horse-trading may give liberal interest groups their best shot
at influencing the [judicial nominations] process.” (Jonathan
Groner, “A Major Shift In The Battle For The Bench,” Legal Times,
11/11/02)

NARAL Vows To
Fight Bush’s Supreme Court Nominations.“[I]f George Bush
tries to pack the Supreme Court with out-of-touch far-right judges who want to
take away our rights, he's going to hear from that pro-choice majority loud and
clear.We are dedicated to making sure
that Roe v. Wade outlives the next four years of George W.
Bush.” (NARAL, “NARAL Pro-Choice America President Vows
To Fight Threats To Roe V. Wade,” Press
Release, 1/24/05)

NARAL: “If President Bush Were To
Nominate Supreme Court Justices In The Mode Of Judges He Has Named So Far, The
Right To Privacy And Right To Choose Would Be Doomed.” (NARAL,
“News About Justice
Rehnquist A Sobering Reminder Of The Stakes In This Election,” Press Release, 10/25/04)

Bush’s Nominations Are Out Of The Mainstream.“‘It looks like Jerry Falwell got his Christmas
wish list in to the president on time.But even if he drops these nominations down the Senate's chimney,
there's nothing he can do to make them any less out of the American
mainstream,’ said NARAL President Nancy Keenan.” (Bill Sammon, “Bush Resends 20
Court Nominees,” The Washington Times, 12/24/04)

NARAL Acknowledges That Filibusters Of Judicial
Nominations Are Not About Debate And Will Continue Indefinitely.
“President Bush's anti-choice allies in the Senate have missed the point: the
reason he can't get his judicial nominees confirmed is not a shortage of Senate
debate, but an excess of anti-choice, anti-privacy activism.” (“NARAL Pro-Choice America Statement On
Judicial Nominees,” U.S. Newswire, 11/12/03)

Janice Rogers Brown:

“Justice Brown Has Criticized The Constitutional Right To
Privacy, And Expressed Hostility To Reproductive Choice.” (NARAL, “What Next For The Supreme
Court?,” Press Release, 10/28/04)

“[Brown] Was … The Sole Dissenter In A Recent Decision
Requiring Catholic Charities To Treat Prescription Contraception The Same As
Other Drugs In Its Employee Health Plan.” (NARAL, “What Next For The Supreme Court?,” Press Release,
10/28/04)

Charles Pickering:

NARAL Opposes The Nomination Of Charles Pickering.“Pickering
. . . led the right-wing charge for the Republican Party's first call for a
constitutional amendment to ban abortion, he fought against choice and family
planning as a Mississippi state legislator and he was an open opponent of the
Equal Rights Amendment," said Kate Michelman, President of NARAL. (Beth Kanter, “A Rocky Milestone
For Roe Vs. Wade,”Chicago Tribune, 1/30/02)

“Liberal Groups Such As The National Organization For
Women, NAACP And NARAL Have Launched Campaigns Aimed At Drawing Attention To
What They Say Is Pickering's Long History Of Racial And Gender Bias.” (Kathy Gambrell, “Bush Accuses
Senate Of Blocking Nominees,” United Press International, 3/13/02)

Priscilla Owen:

“We Expect Pro-Choice Senators To Filibuster Against
Priscilla Owen,” Stated Kate Michelman Head Of NARAL Pro-Choice America.Michelman
added “It was quite a gantlet thrown down by the president to the Senate in
renominating Charles Pickering and Priscilla Owen.The Senate needs to stand up against the president's intimidation
and not let either one of these nominees be confirmed.” (Michele Mittelstadt, “A Second
Showdown Over Bush Nominees,” The Dallas Morning News, 1/28/03)

“‘We Have Stopped Owen Before And We'll Do It Again,’” stated Michelman.“Pro-Choice America will not stand idly by while President Bush pushes
controversial candidates who want to take away our constitutional rights and
freedoms.We are working closely with
our allies to ensure that Priscilla Owen is not going to make it through the
Senate after being rejected last year.” (“Pro-Choice America Unveils http://www.StopOwen.org,” U.S.
Newswire, 4/9/03)

NARAL Singles Out Owen Nomination.Michelman asserts, "I
recognize that the Senate can't filibuster every nominee who is a threat to the
right to choose, [b]ut Owen has distinguished herself as having a real
hostility to the right to choose, and I fully expect that pro-choice senators
will filibuster." (Jonathan
Groner and John Council, “Democrats Likely To Filibuster Owen Nomination,” Miami
Daily Business Review, 3/20/03)

“[Owen] Is ‘Emblematic Of the Extreme Nominees That This
President Has Attempted To Foist On The American People,’” Stated Ms.
Michelman. (Lynn Vincent,
“Tyranny Of The Minority,” World Magazine, 6/7/03)

Bill Pryor:

“‘Pryor Personifies The Essence Of The Bush Administration
Plan To Pack The Courts With Right-Wing Ideologues,’” Stated Michelman.“‘Pryor
believes no right to privacy exists in the Constitution and has used extreme
and inflammatory rhetoric opposing Roe v. Wade and other related Supreme Court
decisions. This raises serious questions about his judicial temperament and
ability to fairly decide matters pertaining to reproductive freedom.’”(“Bush Court Nominee Calls Roe 'Abominable'; NARAL Pro-Choice
America Opposes Bill Pryor Nomination,” U.S. Newswire, 6/11/03)